In a year when the city lost several community gardens to real estate developers, the story of the Liz Christy Community Garden at East Houston and the Bowery is worth revisiting. After all, the 41-year-old green space has twice fought off developers. But before its creation in 1973, the lot lived an interesting, even sometimes scandalous life, which Bowery + Bedford's chronicles in a new piece. [B+B]
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